Right First can I apoligise for just joining to post a thread.
Now onto the subject.
I'm hoping to add a second double socket to my dining room before I get the walls skimed. On top of this I want to run a spur from the only socket into the kitchen to power up the underlighters. I already have them fitted and running plugged into a socket and a switch on the wall.
If I pull the existing socket away from the wall it has 2 reds 2 blacks and 2 earths. I presume this is a standard ring main.
Now from reading this site I know I cant have 2 spurs from the same socket (correct me if I'm wrong). So my plan is to extend the ring to add the second socket and run a spur from the original socket. HOWEVER. I have no idea where the next socket in the ring is so my question is. Can I remove one side of the ring, wire the cable into a junction box hidden behind the plaster board and then run a cable from this junction box to the new socket, a cable from the junction box and then a cable from the new socket back to the old socket to complete the ring?
I intend to use 2.5mm cable for the ring extension and 1.5mm cable for the lighting spur.
I'm a wizz with car electrics but house electrics are something I am less then familier with so any advice or views on my plan would be appreciated.
Thanks
NitroNick
Now onto the subject.
I'm hoping to add a second double socket to my dining room before I get the walls skimed. On top of this I want to run a spur from the only socket into the kitchen to power up the underlighters. I already have them fitted and running plugged into a socket and a switch on the wall.
If I pull the existing socket away from the wall it has 2 reds 2 blacks and 2 earths. I presume this is a standard ring main.
Now from reading this site I know I cant have 2 spurs from the same socket (correct me if I'm wrong). So my plan is to extend the ring to add the second socket and run a spur from the original socket. HOWEVER. I have no idea where the next socket in the ring is so my question is. Can I remove one side of the ring, wire the cable into a junction box hidden behind the plaster board and then run a cable from this junction box to the new socket, a cable from the junction box and then a cable from the new socket back to the old socket to complete the ring?
I intend to use 2.5mm cable for the ring extension and 1.5mm cable for the lighting spur.
I'm a wizz with car electrics but house electrics are something I am less then familier with so any advice or views on my plan would be appreciated.
Thanks
NitroNick